Cisco NextPort SPE Firmware and Dial Feature Card Overview

NextPort SPE firmware runs on the NextPort DFC60, DFC108, 1 CT3, UPC 216, and UPC324 DFCs on the Cisco AS5350, Cisco AS5400, and Cisco AS5850 platforms. The ports on these modules can support modem, voice, fax, and digital services and can be aggregated at any of the following levels:

•Slot level of the NextPort module

•SPE level within the NextPort module

•Individual port level

Note To use the NextPort Voice Tuning feature, you must upgrade from the default NextPort SPE firmware code that runs with Cisco IOS software to NextPort SPE firmware release 8.8.1. Release 8.8.1 can be downloaded from the Software Center on Cisco.com.

1This feature is supported by NextPort firmware but not by Cisco IOS Software.

New Features In Version 8.x SPE Firmware

This section contains new feature information for all Version 8.x.x releases.

Note There are no new features for the following NextPort SPE firmware versions: 8.11.1, 8.5.1, or 8.5.

New With Version 8.8.1 SPE Firmware

This section introduces new features for NextPort SPE firmware version 8.8.1.

NextPort Voice Tuning

Note To use the NextPort Voice Tuning feature, you must upgrade from the default NextPort SPE firmware code that runs with Cisco IOS software to NextPort SPE firmware release 8.8.1 or later. Release 8.8.1 can be downloaded from the Software Center on Cisco.com.

Voicecaps

Voicecaps are a means to tune voice services and potentially provide improved voice quality. The following parameters, among others, can be configured:

Creating and Applying Voicecaps

Note To create and apply voicecaps, it is required that you contact Cisco Technical Response Center (TAC).

The steps in this section allow you to configure a voicecap on a single voice port. Although voicecaps can be used to configure any of the voice service parameters, voicecaps are primarily used to configure only those parameters that do not have associated Cisco IOS commands.

The voicecap entrynamestring command configures NextPort SPE firmware through voicecap strings in global configuration mode. This command allows you to assign values to specific registers. Voicecaps are applied to specific voice ports at system startup.

•Voicecaps are configured in global configuration mode. A maximum of five voicecap entries can be defined.

•Applying a voicecap is possible only in voice-port configuration mode. Once applied to a voice port, the voicecap affects all calls associated with that voice port.

•An SPE image capable of voice tuning must be used in conjunction with a Cisco IOS release 12.3(1)M or later

SUMMARY STEPS

1. enable

2. configureterminal

3. voicecap entrynamestring

4. voice-portslot/port:D

5. voicecap configurename

6. exit

DETAILED STEPS

Command or Action

Purpose

Step 1

enable

Example:

Router> enable

Enables privileged EXEC mode.

•Enter your password if prompted.

Step 2

configureterminal

Example:

Router# configure terminal

Enters global configuration mode.

Step 3

voicecap entrynamestring

Example:

Router(config)# voicecap entry EXAMPLE v0 = 0

Creates a voicecap.

•The name argument is a word that uniquely identifies this voicecap.

•The string argument is a string of characters composed of a series of voicecap register entries, similar to a modemcap. Each entry is of the form vINDEX=VALUE, where INDEX refers to a specific V register, and VALUE designates the value to set that V register to.

•The name argument designates which of the newly created voicecaps to use on this voice port. This character value must be identical to the value entered when you created the voicecap entry. In this case, the value is "EXAMPLE v0 = 0."

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Related Links

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